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ATARI.ORG FAKE EMAILS
August 8, 2003
Dear Atari.Org reader,
you might have received one or several E-Mails that
informs you that your E-Mail address
at Atari.Org is expiring.
This is a result of (yet) another E-Mail worm/virus
that plauges Microsft Outlook, this time called W32.Mimail.A@mm.
The mails are not sent from Atari.Org, and our services are not
expiring. You don't need to worry about that!
How does the mail look like? Well, below is one
of them that we recived in our own mailbox (isn't
that funny, Atari.Org receives mail from Atari.Org that
our account is expiring!).
Mail example:
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Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:34:44 +0300
From: admin@atari.org
To: Support
Subject: your account ovjboisr
Hello there,
I would like to inform you about important information regarding your
email address. This email address will be expiring.
Please read attachment for details.
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Best regards, Administrator
ovjooiso
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This does look like it was sent from us, but let's examine
it a little closer and look at the header:
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Return-path:
Envelope-to: support@atari.org
Delivery-date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:34:49 +0300
Received: from 63.245.13.53.cstmr.multidatahn.net ([63.245.13.53] helo=localhost)
by gem.atari.org with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1)
id 19l9GH-0006NM-00
for support@atari.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:34:44 +0300
From: admin@atari.org
To: Support
Reply-To: admin@atari.org
X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.61)
X-Priority: 2 (High)
Subject: your account ovjboisr
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------638D56DE002C1FD"
Message-Id:
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:34:44 +0300
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Now we clearly see that the mail does not origin
from Atari.Org but is rather sent via a mail
relay at multidatahn.net, a typic behaviour for
an E-Mail worm/virus or a spammer.
In short; no need to worry about your Atari.Org services,
they are safe.
However, if you are running Microsoft Outlook and is receiving
this mail, chances are good you'll get infected as well. This
we can't help here at Atari.Org. The choice to use Outlook
were your own, and we can't do anything but recommend you to change
program to send E-Mail with. A good (free) example is the
Mozilla Thunderbird.
Thanks for reading,
Atari.Org Staff
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